Hair roller



Dec. 27, 1955 M LEST 2,78,347

HAIR ROLLER Filed NOV. 15, 1952 INVENTOR. N MAR/A LUISA LESTE- UnitedStates Patent O HAIR ROLLER Maria Luisa Lest, Florencio Varela,Argentina Application November 15, 1952, Serial No. 320,74

2 Claims. (Cl. 132-55) My present invention refers to an improved ladyshair dressing accessory consisting of a hair roller of the typecomprising a substantially cylindrical body of fibrous material forrolling therearound the users hair and means for supporting and fixingin place said body with the hair rolled around the same in such a mannerthat the so formed hair roll remains attached closely to the scalp andsaid body is substantially concealed within the ladys dressed hair.

The main object of my invention is to provide an improved hair roller ofthe type referred to, wherein a strip of flexible shape-retaining metalsupporting the cylindrical body of fibrous material and projectingbeyond both ends thereof is provided with articulated clamp members soarranged and constructed that the hair roll may be duly fixed in placeby simply swinging said clamps inwardly into engagement with saidcylindrical body.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved hair roller ofthe type referred to, wherein the projecting end portions of the saidflexible shape-retaining metal strip are provided with stop members forpreventing the cylindrical body of fibrous material from sliding alongsaid metal strip, for hiding the hinges by means of which the clampmembers are articulated to said metal strip and for limiting the outwardmovement of said clamp members.

Still another object of this invention is to provide an improved hairroller of the type referred to, wherein the said clamp members are madeof sheet metal and provided with teeth for engaging the cylindrical bodyand the users hair rolled around the same and for firmly retaining thehair roller in its desired position.

With these objects and advantageous features in view, the presentinvention comprises the novel arrangement and combination of parts aswill be hereinafter particularly described with reference to theaccompanying drawing whereon a preferred embodiment of the invention hasbeen illustrated by way of example only and whereon:

Figure 1 is an elevational view showing the improved hair roller seenfrom its rear side;

Figure 2 is a similar view of the same roller taken at right angles tothe view of Fig. 1.

Having reference to the accompanying drawing, the improved hair rolleraccording to the present invention comprises a narrow strip 1 offlexible shape-retaining metal which acts as supporting means for asubstantially cylindrical body of fibrous material 2 and projects beyondboth ends of this body.

Each of the projecting ends 3 of the strip 1 carries a stop means 3secured thereto in any suitable known manner so that it prevents thebody 2 from sliding along said strip, while the rectangular crosssection of the latter prevents said body from rotating thereon.

The stop members 3 constituted, for instance, -by cres` cent-shapedbuttons or the like at the same time act as lids for hiding the hinges 4formed at the ends of the strip 1 for pivotally connecting thereto apair of clamps 5 of sheet metal, preferably in the form of a triangle asshown. These clamps 5 are slightly curved and provided with small teeth6 conveniently formed by stamping and bending outwardly small triangularportions of the metal sheet of said clamps. These clamps 5 are soarranged that they may be turned inwardly underneath the cylindricalbody 2, in which position the teeth 6 engage the material of said body.The buttons 3 advantageously are so arranged that, when the clamps 5 areswung outwardly, the latter are prevented from swinging beyond theposition as shown at the right end of Fig. 2.

For using the device, both clamps 5 are swung outwardly. Thereafter thehair is rolled around the cylindrical body 2 in such a manner that theso formed hair roll becomes situated adjacent the users head. Now thestrip 1 is bent so that it it becomes adjusted to the natural form ofthe respective part of the users head and thereafter the clamps 5 areswung inwardly underneath the hair roll and pressed against the latterso that their teeth 6 engage both the users hair and the fibrousmaterial of the body 2, whereby the hair roll is fixed and retained inits desired position.

It will be understood that the present invention is by no meansrestricted to the embodiment as described and shown, but that amendmentsand alterations may be made therein, and that such amendments andalterations are to be considered as falling within the scope of theinvention as clearly defined and set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. As a ladys hair dressing accessory, a hair roller for forming a hairroll and for being substantially concealed within the ladys dressedhair, comprising a substantially cylindrical body of soft fibrousmaterial for rolling therearound the users hair; a narrow strip ofrectangular cross section of flexible shape-retaining metal extendingaxially through said cylindrical body and beyond both ends thereof forsupporting the same; button-like stop members secured to the front sideof the projecting end portions of said strip for preventing said bodyfrom sliding along the same; a hinge provided at each end of said stripand a slightly curved clamp member of sheet metal pivotally connected bysaid hinge to each end of said strip and capable of being lsjwunginwardly into engagement with said cylindrical ody.

2. As a ladys hair dressing accessory, a hair roller for forming a hairroll and for being substantially concealed within the ladys dressedhair, comprising a substantially cylindrical body of soft fibrousmaterial for rolling therearound the users hair; a narrow strip ofrectangular cross section of flexible shape-retaining metal extendingaxially through said cylindrical body and beyond both ends thereof forsupporting the same; button-like stop members secured to the front sideof the projecting end portions of said strip for preventing said bodyfrom sliding along the same; a hinge provided at each end of said stripand a slightly curved toothed clamp member of sheet metal pivotallyconnected by said hinge to each end of said strip and capable of beingswung inwardly and of engaging said cylindrical body by means of theteeth provided thereon.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSSpencer Oct. 10, 1950

